Editing Darth Vader (section)

=== Books ===
Vader is featured prominently in [[List of Star Wars books|novels set in the ''Star Wars'' universe]]. In the 1978 novel ''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]'' by [[Alan Dean Foster]], Vader meets Luke for the first time and engages him in a lightsaber duel that ends with Luke cutting off Vader's arm and Vader falling into a deep pit.<ref name="vaderstarwars.com">{{cite web |title=Darth Vader |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/character/darthvader/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108211827/http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/darthvader/ |archive-date=November 8, 2010 |access-date=August 12, 2010 |work=[[Star Wars Databank]] |publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]}}</ref> ''[[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (novel)|Shadows of the Empire]]'' (1996) reveals that Vader is conflicted about trying to turn his son to the dark side, and knows deep down that he still has good in him.

Vader's supposedly indestructible glove is the [[MacGuffin]] of the young-reader's book ''[[The Glove of Darth Vader]]'' (1992). Anakin Skywalker's redeemed spirit appears in ''[[The Truce at Bakura]]'' (1993), set a few days after the end of ''Return of the Jedi''. He appears to Leia, imploring her forgiveness. Leia condemns Anakin for his crimes and banishes him from her life. He promises that he will be there for her when she needs him, and disappears. In ''[[Tatooine Ghost]]'' (2003), Leia learns to forgive her father after learning about his childhood as a slave and his mother's traumatic death. In ''[[The Unifying Force]]'' (2003), Anakin tells his grandson [[Jacen Solo]] to "stand firm" in his battle with the Supreme Overlord of the [[Yuuzhan Vong]].

Upon the release of the prequel films, the Expanded Universe grew to include novels about Vader's former life as Anakin. [[Greg Bear]]'s 2000 novel ''[[Rogue Planet (novel)|Rogue Planet]]'' and [[Jude Watson]]'s ''[[Jedi Quest]]'' series chronicle Anakin's early missions with Obi-Wan, while [[James Luceno]]'s 2005 novel ''[[Labyrinth of Evil]]'', set during the Clone Wars, depicts Anakin battling Separatist commander [[General Grievous]]. In Luceno's ''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]'' (2005), set a few months after the events of ''Revenge of the Sith'', Vader disavows his identity as Anakin as he hunts down surviving Jedi and cements his position in the Empire.

In the [[The Dark Nest trilogy|''Dark Nest'' trilogy]] (2005), Luke and Leia uncover old recordings of their parents in R2-D2's memory drive; for the first time, they see their own birth and their mother's death, as well as their father's corruption to the dark side. In ''[[Bloodlines (Star Wars novel)|Bloodlines]]'' (2006), Han and Leia's son Jacen—who has turned to the dark side—uses the Force to envision Vader slaughtering the children at the Jedi Temple.

Vader also appears in a series of tongue-in-cheek children's books by [[Jeffrey Brown (cartoonist)|Jeffrey Brown]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/goodnight-darth-vader-by-jeffrey-brown-exclusive-reveal|title=Goodnight Darth Vader By Jeffrey Brown – Exclusive Reveal|website=StarWars.com|date=February 10, 2014|access-date=May 4, 2016|archive-date=May 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514141515/http://www.starwars.com/news/goodnight-darth-vader-by-jeffrey-brown-exclusive-reveal|url-status=live}}</ref> In Brown's series, a hapless Vader sets out to be a father to a young Luke and Leia, with some scenes portraying light-hearted versions of their darker film counterparts. For example, one scene shows Vader, Luke and Leia at the carbonite freezing chamber on Bespin, with Vader pronouncing the freezer adequate for making ice cream.